Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-078
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Raymond K. Price, Jr.
Wednesday, October 6, 1971 · 11:39 AM–11:44 AM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to speechwriter and aide Raymond K. Price, Jr. The brief exchange served as a procedural request to facilitate communication between the President and his staff member. No further substantive discussion took place during this specific call.
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NARA Description
On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 11:44 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-078 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 10-78
Date: October 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:39 am and 11:44 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 278-29]
Request for a call to Raymond K. Price, Jr.Also recorded on October 6, 1971
- 010-076 11:36 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 11:36 am to 11:39 am.
- 283-028 11:36 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:36 am to 11:39 am.
- 010-077 11:39 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 11:44 am.
- 283-029 11:39 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 11:44 am.
- 010-079 11:44 AM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire talked on the telephone from 11:44 am to 11:45 am.
- 283-030 11:44 AM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:44 am to 11:45 am.
- 010-080 11:46 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 11:46 am to 11:47 am.
- 283-031 11:46 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:46 am to 11:47 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 010-078, October 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/010-078 (accessed October 21, 2026).